Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 18, 20005 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2000, 2:10 AM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2000, 2:10 AM EST (07:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2000, 5:15 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Daviess County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 180714
FFWIND
INC027-071-083-093-101-181115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 AM EST SUN JUN 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 615 AM EST

* AT 203 AM EST...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING TOWARD SOUTH KNOX AND SOUTH 
  MARTIN COUNTIES. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE FRIDAY. 
  ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL EARLY THIS MORNING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.


LAT...LON 3881 8753 3852 8762 3881 8583 3903 8582

DS

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.